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Atopodentatus was even weirder than we thought
Topic Started: May 6 2016, 05:42 PM (806 Views)
Yi Qi
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Title speaks for itself:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/06/atopodentatus-was-a-hammerheaded-herbivore-new-fossil-find-shows#img-1


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HENDRIX
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Well to me it actually looks much more normal now; the old reconstruction was really strange but now it clearly shows a cool adaptation for browsing algae and stuff.
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CyborgIguana
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I was skeptical of the "zipper-mouthed" interpretation from the beginning TBH. Anyway, always nice to see our (still infinitely small) understanding of the distant past steadily improving.
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Jannick
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Papua merdeka!

This is really cool! It almost reminds me of an underwater-Nigersaurus
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Yi Qi
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HENDRIX
May 6 2016, 06:01 PM
Well to me it actually looks much more normal now; the old reconstruction was really strange but now it clearly shows a cool adaptation for browsing algae and stuff.
Ohh not in terms of appearance, i meant behaviour.

let me phrase this right, this thing was essentially, underwater Nigersaurus

UNDERWATER

NIGERSAURUS.
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I hope somebody makes an animation that shows Atopodentatus changing from it's former zipper jaws self to a hammerhead like shape, it could really use if it had the same sound effect as the Nope.avi video.
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heliosphoros
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So we can add it to the list of herbivorous Mesozoic marine reptiles

Ankylosphenodon is the only other member...
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Acinonyx Jubatus
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I AM THE UNSHRINKWRAPPER!

I have to say the medially-pointing teeth it used to have was a little harder to wrap my head around and thus a little weirder. But Underwater Nigersaurus is awesome, too. It's always nice to have new information about an animal.
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Furka
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So it was like a prehistoric analogue to manatees and dugongs ? Nice.
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Incinerox
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Āeksiot Zaldrīzoti

Now the REAL question here is, did it stare into one's soul like Nigersaurus once did?
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Incinerox
May 7 2016, 06:42 AM
Now the REAL question here is, did it stare into one's soul like Nigersaurus once did?
You be the judge

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I would say yes, even with the somethat deep eyes of the model.
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Furka
May 7 2016, 06:26 AM
So it was like a prehistoric analogue to manatees and dugongs ? Nice.

Two such things, actually. Ankylosphenodon was also an aquatic herbivore from the Mesozoic, albeit much later.
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The paper implies Henodus was also living a similar lifestyle., which would bring us up to three.
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Some pics for you all
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